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HISTORY. 

Board of Trade 17 General Business Interests.. 101 

Brief History of Haverhill.. 21-25 Haverhill Public Library ..95-99 

City of Haverhill and its Introductory 7 

Advantages 51-53 The Haverhill Shoe at Home 

Churches and Social Organi- and Abroad 103-105 

zations 93 Transportation Facilities .. ill 

Educational Advantages .... 91 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



American Woolen Mills .... 70 
Birds-eye View ....Frontispiece 
Bradford Academy (see ad- 
vertisement page 60) 61 

Boston & Maine R. R. 

Depot 63 

Central Fire Station ..^ 79 

Children's Home 87 

Canobie Lake 109 

Fox, Chas. K., Factory 8 

First Baptist Church 55 

Groveland Woolen Mills ... 52 

Haverhill Historical Society. 4 

Haverhill City Hall 11 

Hussey & Hodgdon 20 

Haverhill Box Board Co. . . 54 

Haverhill High School 59 

Hayes, C. H. Corp 62 

Hannah Duston Monument . 69 

Hale Hospital, The 72, 



Haverhill, Bradford Bridge . 89 

Main Street 65 

Old Ladies' Home 85 

Pentucket Club 67 

Post Office 71 

Public Library 75 

Russ, J. W. A., Inc 14 

River Front 19 

Rocks Bridge, The 83 

Ruddock, F. S. & Sons .... 107 

Spaulding, W. W. & Co. . . 12 
St. James Roman Catholic 

Church 57 

Stevens, M. F. & Sons Co. 

Mill 74 

Soldiers' Monument 77 

Thorn, W. B. & Co 16 

Thayer, Maguire and Field . 18 

Webster, Ira J., Factory 10 

Whittier's Homestead Si 



PORTRAITS, BIOGRAPHIES 



Bates, Hon. Wallace 39 

Child, Albert M 15 

George, Hon. Samuel W. . . 35 

Gardner, Hon. A. P 29 

How, Hon, C. F 49 

Hale, E. I. . i 72 

Johnson, Hen. Samuel A. . 41 
Moody, Wm. H., Attorney 

General 27 



Mitchell, C. B 64 

Pinkham, Hon. H. 1 31 

Peters, Hon. W. Scott 33 

Peterson, Hon. Joseph N. . . 45 

Rand, Frank N 13 

Robinson, David 1 43 

Shaw, Hon. Jas. F 47 

Wood, Hon. Roswell W. ... 9 

Wardwell, J. Otis 37 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 



Appleton, W. W. & Co 80 

American-LaFrance Fire En- 
gine Co 90 

Archibald & Co 112 

Bradford Academy (see Il- 
lustration, page <il 1 .... 00 
Boot and Shoe Recorder ... 66 
Boston and Northern St. 

Railway Co 68 

Blatz Leather Co 92 

Bourque, Henry N 94 

Boston, Haverhill Despatch. 94 

Beardsley, Warren 96 

Bray, W. S. & Son no 

Bickum & Co 112 

Cooke, Thomas M 46 

Chase, W. S. & Sons 58 

C. & H. Arch Shank Co ... . 92 

Clapp, A. F. & Co 104 

Cunningham, Richard & Co. 116 

Collins, H. S 118 

Dalrymple, J. A. & Co 30 

Dalton. A. & Co 86 

Dolloff, C. E 112 

Ellis Lacer Co 24 

Equitable Life Assurance 

Society 38 

Emery & Marshall 115 

Eagle House 118 

Fitzgerald, P. J 100 

Guptell, Hervey E 2 

Goodrich, Hazen B. & Co. . . 6 

Gardiner, Tom 34 

Gutterson, H. E. & Co 116 

Good Morning Call Co 113 

Havden, Samuel H 26 

Hodgdon, F. M 28 

Hadley Cement Co., The . . 34 

Haverhill Gazette, The 40 

Haverhill Electric Co 48 

Haverhill Gaslight Co 56 

Hutchinson, F. E. Co 76 



Haverhill Blacking Co 88 

Hanscom Hardware Co 90 

Haverhill Pattern Co 96 

Hill. T. R 102 

Kieth, I. L 42 

Keeler, H. G 98 

Lewis. Herman E 22 

Livingston, F. N. & Co. . . . 78 

Lakin, S. W. & Co 84 

J^angley & Martin 116 

Martin. Patrick 86 

Moore, B. N. & Sons 110 

Martin Wood Heel Co 112 

New England Last Co 36 

New Hampshire Traction Co. 108 
Pentucket Wood Heel Co. . . 86 

Plumstead. Harry T 88 

Poor & Fuller 90 

Rand. Frank N I 

Ruddock, T. S. & Sons (see 

Illustration, page 107) .... 106 

Russia Cement Co 116 

Rosary, The 118 

Southwick, L. B. & Co. ... 32 
Slipper City Wood Heel Co. 44 
Sewing Machines' Supplies 

Co., The 66 

Shaw, F. M. & Son 92 

5inger Mfg. Co. 2d and 4th cover 
Theriault, Woodus & Co. . . 46 
Winchell, J. H. & Co. Inc. . 50 

White Steam Car Co 82 

Wiswell, Alvah L 100 

Williams, G. L 112 

Winton Motor Carriage Co. .114 
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. 

Co. 3rd cover 

Waldron. T. F 118 

Wade, A. R 118 

United Shot- Machinery Co.. 102 

Varney Studio, The 117 

Young Bros 98 



FRANK N. RAND 

90 MERRIMACK STREET 

HAVERHILL, MASS. 



Mortgages & 




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INVESTMENT PROPERTY 
CITY RESIDENCES 

FIRE INSURANCE 
CARE OF ESTATES 



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HERVEY E. GUPTILL 

HIGH-GRADE 

SLIPPERS 

IN NEW AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS 



HAVERHILL ^ ILLUST on T re Q ukt alogue 





HISTORY 



OF THE 



CITY OF HAVERHILL 

MASSACHUSETTS 



Showing its Industrial and Commercial 
Interests and Opportunities 



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The purpose of this publication is to present, in a concise and con- 
venient form, the industrial and commercial interests and opportunities 
of the city of Haverhill. 

Its compilation is endorsed by the Haverhill Board of Trade for dis- 
tribution in commercial centers, especially foreign, to which the leading 
industry of Haverhill, the manufacture of shoes, is extending its well- 
earned reputation, for the information of all who may desire to know 
of the details of Haverhill's present business statu- and future prospects. 
The limits of this publication necessarily preclude any extended detail of 
historical data concerning the city and its industries, and the -pace at 
the command of the editor is mainly devoted to an exhibit of what the 
city i- at the present time, from the commercial point of view, and its 
prospective material growth in the near future. The facts and figures 
here presented have been prepared by citizens who write from their 
personal knowledge of their subjects, and they are presented with a 
careful purpose to give the exact data from the most reliable sources. 
That a perusal of these pages will tend to promote a just appreciation oi 
the city, as a desirable location for business purposes, and as the home 
of law-abiding and industrious men and their families, i- the confident 
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HAVERHILL BOARD OF TRADE 



Officers 

President, FRANK N. RAND 

First Vice-President, FRED F. SHEDD 

Second Vice-President, CHARLES F. ALLEN 
Treasurer, GEORGE A. CHILDS 

Secretary, ALBERT M. CHILD 



Adams, Eugene T. 
Ballard, Frank H. 
Batchelder, J. Frank 
Bourueuf, V. M. 
Chase, Arthur T. 
Cheney, Fred A. 
Desmond, John T. 
Donovan, Dennis 
Gage, Howard H. 
Gardner, Frank P. 



Directors 

Guptill, Hervey E. 
Harriman, Louis H. 
Hayes, Charles H. 
Hovey, Lewis R. 
Leslie, Perley 
Moulton, Edwin H. 
Mitchell, Frank J. 
McCarthy, M. H. 
Nevins, P. J. 
O'Doherty, Rev. J. 



Pearl, Joseph H. 
Richardson, A. Geo. 
Rogers, J. H. 
Russ, Frank H. 
Sawyer, F. H. 
Smith, A. B. 
Shannon, E. F. 
Sanders, Thomas 
Wright, Robert L. 
Young, Dr. L- J. 



Auditing Committee 



Frank S. Hamlin 



John H. Tilton 



Representatives to Massachusetts State Board of trade 

Robert L. Wright, term expires 1906 

Arthur T. Chase, term expires 1907 

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HAVERHILL— A BRIEF HISTORY 

By ALBERT L. BARTLETT 

The Reverend Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich, preacher, jurist, scholar, 
and author, desiring that his son, the Reverend John Ward, should 
have opportunity for work in a new settlement,- — those of Ipswich and 
Newbury being already crowded, and furnishing no desirable opening, — 
in the winter of 1639-40 petitioned Governor Winthrop for a new locality 
for a settlement in the unoccupied wilderness along the Merrimack 
River. To this prayer of Ward and his co-petitioners of Ipswich and 
Newbury the Governor gave assent in May, 1640, provided that choice 
of a locality should be made "within three weeks from the 21st." So in 
June of that year twelve "desirable men and good Christians," eight 
from Ipswich and four from Newbury, made their laborious way up the 
river, conveying with them in the pinnace their household goods, and 
made landing where a brook, suitable for mill purposes, flowed with 
noisy force into the river. To the settlement so founded, called at first 
by the name of the Indian tribe which had dwelt there, Pentucket, the 
name Haverhill was given after the Reverend John Ward, born in Haver- 
hill, England, became in the fall of 1641 their leader and religious 
teacher. As soon as opportunity offered the settlers bought from the 
Indians their right to the land, purchasing for three pounds and ten 
shillings a tract extending from the junction of Little River with the 
Merrimack eight miles westward, six miles eastward, and six miles 
northward, "with the river and the island." In 1643 the first town 
meeting was held, a record book was purchased, and the chronicles of 
the history of Haverhill, its births, deaths, marriages, and its acts as a 
town, were begun. At this first meeting a division was made among 
the settlers of three hundred acres set apart as house lots, of meadow, 
planting ground and common. Afterwards a system of taxation was 
adopted, and the government as carefully administered as if thousands 
instead of a few families constituted the town. 

In 1648 the first meeting house was built in what is now Pentucket 
Cemetery, and around it were buried the dead. The meeting house was 
the town house, the fort, the powder magazine for the little community. 
Much discussion was ncessary for the government of this community 
of thirty families, and the town meetings, at which attendance was com- 
pulsory, began at seven in the morning and rarely closed before eight 
in the evening. 

For seventy years Haverhill was a frontier town; the Indian's trail 
alone threading the dense woods that lay north of it. his terrorizing 
whoup and shrill war cry mingling with the fierce bark of preying 
wolves. Numerous attacks were made by the savages upon the settlers, 
and many a victim fell beneath the murderous tomahawk or followed 
north, as captives, these fierce and stealthy foemen. During these times 
of terror the gun accompanied the hoe and the axe into the field, and 
the settler, going to church, bore the psalm book in one hand, the 
loaded musket in the other. In 1690 so portentous were these evils that 
a wholesale abandonment of the place was contemplated. Six of the 
best constructed houses at exposed strategic quarters were appointed 
as garrisons, where soldiers were kept constantly under arms, and four 

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HAVERHILL, MASS. 



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other strong houses were appointed to be places of refuge in time of 
clanger. In 1697 <'- hand of Indians made an attack on the northwestern 
part 01 the town, and, after burning six houses, came to that of Thomas 
Duston. He was at work in the field with seven of his children with 
him. In his house his wife lay ill with a new-born babe in her arms. 
Tbe savages seized her anil her nurse and hurried them into the woods 
as captives. The infant they killed by dashing his head against a tree. 
The captive women, with an English youth, were taken to Penacook, 
now Concord, New Hampshire. And here Mrs. Duston, "heartening 
the nurse and the youth to assist her." in the night murdered with the 
tomahawdv her captors, scalped them, and came down the Merrimack 
to Haverhill, the ten scalps and the tomahawk being mighty but mute 
witnesses to the truth of her story. 

In 1708, on the 29th of August, an attacking party of two hundred 
and fifty French and Indians made a memorable attack on the village. 
Coming from the northwest they emerged from the woods near the 
present location of the soldiers' monument, and with frightful yells 
aroused the sleeping inhabitants. They first attacked the house of the 
Reverend John Rolfe. The minister barred the door with his body, but 
ineffectually. He was killed, and his wile and infant child; but a black 
slave. Hagar, hid two of the children under some tubs in the cellar, and 
concealed herself behind the meat barrel. Both of these two children, so 
miraculously saved, became remarkable women. The daughter and 
namesake of the younger, Elizabeth, married Sam Adams, the revolu- 
tionary patriot, and John Lothrop Motley, the historian, was a descend- 
ant. In this raid forty of the inhabitants were massacred or captured. 
Many are the tales of attacks and murders by the red men. and of en- 
durance, bravery, and sufferings, on the part of the settlers. But with 
the attack of 1708 ended the forays of the Indians, although there were 
many subsequent alarms, and it was not until 1725 that the town felt 
secure. 

Until 1 74 j no building has been allowed on the river side of Water 
Street. In that year the town voted to lay out Merrimack Street through 
the parsonage land, making this new way two rods and a half wide, and 
to divide the adjacent land into house lots. With the opening of this 
new way along tbe river came an appreciation of the river as a means 
of commerce. The great oaks that abounded here formed magnificent 
ship timber. Wharves were built, ship yards were established, river 
traffic was begun, and Haverhill became a leading commercial town. 

The great wars of the eighteenth century, the French, and the War 
of the Revolution, were participated in by many Haverhill patriots. 
When the news of the struggle at Lexington came, the town had just 
received a severe blow in a fire that swept all the buildings from the 
west side of Main Street, between White's corner and Court Street. 
The news came at midday, but at sunset three companies of minute men. 
one hundred and five in number, were on the march. The story of this 
part of the town history is too long to be told here. "Doubtless other 
towns in the Commonwealth are entitled to equal merit, but none sur- 
passed Haverhill in patriotic zeal, in patient suffering, endurance, in sub- 
lime endeavi u." 

The visit of George Washington. November 4. 1780. was a mem- 
orable event, and the tact and graciousness of Washington, his words 
of admiration of the natural beauties of the place, and his kindly greet- 

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Ellis Lacer 




Only method of Lacing Shoes 
which never varies. 
Used in every country on earth 
where shoes are made 

Factories at Haverhill, Mass., 
Leicester, England 
Paris, France 



ELLIS LACER COMPANY 



HAVERHILL, 



MASSACHUSETTS 

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ing of even the humblest who met him, are treasured in the chronicles 
of those days. 

The first bridge across the Merrimack was built in 1794, its service 
replacing that of the Ferry which for one hundred and fifty years had 
existed at the foot of what is now Kent Street. In 1801 the first acque- 
duct was laid in the town, conveying by means of wooden logs, bored, 
the water from Round Pond. In 1820 the present town farm system of 
relief for the poor was adopted, and established where it now exists. In 
1826 the Haverhill x\cademy was built, its dedication in 1827 having as 
a part of the exercises an ode by John Greenleaf Whittier, who became 
a student in the institution. In 1847 the first town hall was built. This 
was replaced in 1861 by the present structure, which was severely injured 
by a fire, November 6, 1888. was restored, and re-opened, greatly im- 
proved, November 21, 1889. 

In the Civil War Haverhill was deeply loyal to the demands of loy- 
alty, and thirteen hundred of her citizens shared in the struggle. Of 
these one hundred and eighty-six died in battle or in the hospitals. 

Haverhill became a city in 1869. the Hon. Warner R. Whittier being 
the first mayor. In the same year the Soldiers' Monument was erected. 

In 1873 a destructive fire caused a loss of one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars' worth of property, and destroyed thirty-five places of 
business, but a far more destructive fire occurred on the night of Feb- 
ruary 17, 1882. when the shoe district was almost completely blotted out, 
and two million dollars' worth of property was destroyed. From this 
appalling calamity arose a new business tract, the spirit, pluck, and 
energy of those who had suffered, not only repairing the injuries and 
replacing the losses, but instilling a spirit and energy into the place that 
turned the misfortune into a blessing. 

In January. 1897. the town of Bradford, lying opposite Haverhill on 
the south side of the Merrimack, was united to Haverhill, becoming the 
seventh ward of the city. 

In so brief an article as this it is possible to include only a very 
few of the many changes and events that constitute the history of the 
old city. A more detailed record would chronicle the origin and history 
of the many organizations and societies that make the city one of very 
high standing in religious, educational, charitable, fraternal, and social 
activity. In all of these the city neither slumbers nor stands halting. It 
makes most liberal appropriation, that its public schools may be of the 
highest standing. Of its private schools Bradford Academy for young 
women has for more than a century been a notable institution, while no 
efforts are spared to make the parochial schools the best of their class. 
The Public Library in its equipment and its administration ranks within 
the first six of the State. The Historical Society occupies a beautiful 
old mansion, situated in extensive grounds on the banks of the Merri- 
mack. A magnificent and extensive park. Winnikenni, nearly encircling 
Lake Kenoza, offers beautiful drives, walks, and recreation privileges to 
those who may desire them, while many little parks in various parts of 
the city, with flowers and seats, afford pleasure and rest. In all the many 
ways wherein a city is made delightful as a home, advantageous as a 
place for business, desirable as a religious, educational, or social commu- 
nity. Haverhill is progressive, uniting in an unusual way a thousand 
inducements to those who seek social and educational advantages and 
business opportunities and facilities. 

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ORIGINATOR ANO 
MANUFACTURER OF 

BOOT AND SHOE PATTERNS 

Haverhill, Mass. 
Boston Office, 72 Lincoln Street 



NEW ENGLAND AGENT FOR 

THE STEWART & POTTER CO. 

Makers of Fine Lasts 

NEVJ YORK, N. y. 



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ATTORNEY-GENERAL WM. H. MOODY. 

A History of Haverhill, with its essential bearing upon Essex 
County, would be incomplete without due reference to her favorite 
son, Hon. William H. .Moody, who began his legal career here and was. 
fifteen years ago, the District Attorney of Essex County. His conduct 
of this office demonstrated that aggressive trait of character, which with 
his rugged honesty, won for him a seat in Congress. Here again his 
ability was recognized, and he was offered a seat in Pre-. Roosevelt's 
Cabinet, becoming Secretary of the Navy, a post he relinquished las' 
year to accept the highest legal honors that could be his— the Attorney 
Generalship of these United States. 

Mr. Moody still makes his home here, when possible, at the Moody 
residence on Kenoza Avenue. He is a member of the Boston Law firm 
of Moody, Wardwell, Burdett and Snow. 

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HON. A. P. GARDNER, 

Congressman from 6th Mass. District. 

Congressman Augustus P. Gardner, one of the commanding figures 
of the State delegation at the Nation's Capital, was born in Boston in 
1865. He graduated from Harvard College with the degree of A. B. 
at the age of twenty-one, and since then has made his home at Hamil- 
ton. He was prominent as an orator in McKinley's first campaign. 
In the Spanish War he was promoted from the Captaincy of Co. E, 6th 
Regt. to Asst. Adjutant General, and rendered conspicuous service in 
Porto Rico. Captain Gardner has established a summer home at 
Pride's Crossing. He is identified with local social clubs and is a mem- 
ber of the Myopia, and son-in-law of Senator Lodge. 

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J, A, DALRYMPL 



ainiofacturers 

and Importers of 



D IBBON 



For Shoe Tie; 
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ADWORK BUCKL: 



AND NOVELTIES IN 
GENERAL FOR THE 

SHOE TRAiDE 

87 WASHINGTON ST., HAVERHILL, MASS 

Boston Office, 101 Bedford Street 

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HON. H. I. PINKHAM. 

Among the important supply houses contingent with the great shoe 
industries of Haverhill, is that of H. I. Pinkham, 81 Washington St. and 
101 Bedford St.. Boston. Shoe manufacturers' supplies are extensively 
dealt in, including linings, bindings, fittings, flannels, satins and -laces. 
A mill is also operated in Lowell for the manufacture of galoon and 
elastic goring. The Haverhill and Boston Supply Stores have 4.800 
feet of floor space each, and altogether fifteen assistants are employed. 
The goods are sold all over the United States. Mr. Pinkham was born 
in Farmington, N. H.. in 1856. and educated in the public school-, of 
Haverhill. Formerly, for five years, he was with A. J. Dudley, and be- 
came established as at present in 1881. Mr. Pinkham is our proficient 
and highly esteemed postmaster. He was first appointed in 1901. and 
reappointed for a second term of four years in 1905. Mr. Pinkham served 
the city as alderman two years, and was chairman of that body. It goes 
without saying that he is a staunch republican and one of our leading 
and most progressive citizen--. Mr. Pinkham is a member of the Masons, 
K. T., and the Odd Fellows. 



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HON. W. SCOTT PETERS. 

Hon. Winfield Scott Peters is a native of Porter, Me., where he 
was born in '61. and where his early education was acquired. At four- 
teen he came to Haverhill, and, following the grammar and high school, 
commenced the study of law, graduating from Boston University with 
the degree of LL. B. 

In '94 and '95 he was elected city solicitor. While serving in this 
capacity he represented organized labor in the famous strike of '94. It 
was largely through his efforts that this important and prolonged strug- 
gle in the shoe industry terminated without any serious disturbance of 
the peace. In the fall of '99 he was elected district-attorney succeeding 
Alden P. White, an office he has since that time filled with remarkable 
ability and fidelity to his trust. He is now serving his third term, hav- 
ing been re-elected last fall. 

Since his connection with the office he has been called upon to prose- 
cute in some important criminal cases, notably that of John C. Best 
tried for murder, found guilty and electrocuted at Charlestown. Mr. 
Peters is a member of the Wauchusett and Pentucket Clubs of this 
city, and of the Middlesex Republican Club, the Country Club at Law- 
rence, the B. P. O. E.. the A. O. U. W., and the Knights of Pythias. 
He is also prominently identified with Mizpah Lodge of Odd Fellows, 
belonging to both the encampment and the military branch. He is Past 
Noble Grand. Mr. Peters is married, and resides at 82 North Avenue. 

The law firm of Peters and Cole is among the best known in Essex 
County, enjoying a practice both wide-spread and valuable. 

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THE HADLEY CEMENT CO. 



INCORPORATED 



MAKERS OF ALL KINDS OF 



Cements, Inks, Wax, Blacking, Stains, Paints 

Dressings, Box Toe Gum, Shellac. Polishes 
for the Boot and Shoe Trade 

OFFICE IN HAVERHILL, 21 RAILROAD SQ. 

FACTORY AT LYNN, MASS. 
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HON. SAMUEL W. GEORGE. 

Samuel W. George, although a New Hampshire man by birth, has 
spent the greater part of his life in Essex County; for nearly twenty- 
five years has been a resident of Haverhill, and identified with its many 
interests: the most conspicuous part has been spent in the public service 
of the City and State. 

His first service of prominence in a public way began in 1888 as 
member of the Common Council, where he served three consecutive 
years, the last year as President of the Common Council. As such he 
became the head of the Finance Committee and the Committee on 
Accounts which audits all the bills payable from the City Treasury. 

In 1894 he began a six years' service in the State Legislature; in 1894. 
'95. '96, '97 was a member of the House of Representatives, serving on 
the Committees on Labor. Finance. Expenditures. Election Laws, Spe- 
cial Joint Committee to investigate the Board of Norfolk County Com- 
missioner, House Chairman of the Committee on Public Service, and 
Chairman Committee on Libraries. 

In 1898 and '99 he was member of the State Senate, serving on the 
Committee on Election Laws, and Bills in Third Reading. Chairman 
Joint Committee on Public Service and Chairman of Senate, and Joint 
Committee having in charge the memorial to the late Gov. Greenhalge, 
and was a member of the Special Joint Committee to accompany Gov. 
Walcott at the dedication of the .Mass. Monument on the battlefield of 
Antietam. 

In 1902 he was elected by the City Council a member 01" the Board 
of Assessors, resigning in 1904. In July, [903, he was appointed by 
Gov. Bates a member of the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commis- 
sioners. 

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ATTORNEY J. OTIS WARDWELL. 

One of the best known, and among the ablest corporation lawyers 
in the State, and the foremost among- Legislative Counsellors is Attor- 
ney and ex-Representative Otis J. Wardwell of this city. who is associ- 
ated in the practice of law with Hon. W. H. Moody, U. S. Attorney- 
General, under the firm name of Moody, Burdett, Wardwell and Snow, 
84 State Street, Boston. 

Mr. Wardwell was born in Lowell in 1857, and is a graduate of the 
University Law School, class of 1879. For five years he represented this 
city in the House of Representatives, which lone; service was his col- 
lege for the profession of Legislative Counsel and Corporation Attor- 
ney, a profession of which he stands at the head. In politics he 1- a 
pronounced Republican ami a staunch party worker. He is a member 
of the Pentucket ami Wauchusett Clubs, and his friends are legion. 



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The Equitable Life Assurance 

Society 



STRONGEST IN THE WORLD" 



This company issues all approved forms oi policies, including GOLD 

BONDS, CONTINUOUS INSTALMENTS and the NEW 

FIVE YEAR DISTRIBUTION policy 



New Management 
Paul Morton (Ex-Secretarv of Navv) President 



For rates and guarantees applv to the undersigned : — 

CHARLES E. TOWNSEND 

General Agent, Eastern Massachusetts 
Offices, Equitable Building, Boston 



GEORGE A. HALL and ALBERT H. SARGENT 

Local Representatives 

Haverhill, Mass. 
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HON. WALLACE BATES, 
Chairman Board of Essex County Commissioners. 

Wallace Bates, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for Essex 
County, is a native of Lynn, where he was born in the year 1839. 

Lynn has honored him in years past by an election to the Common 
Council and Supt. of Streets, which latter position he held for eleven 
years. 

In 1898 he was elected a county commissioner, and is now serving 
his third term. Upon organizing the board in January, 1902. he was 
elected chairman. It is admitted that his judicial mind has proven inval- 
uable in this connection. Mr. Bates is universally popular and highly 
esteemed in this city. 



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Greater Haverhill's 

Greatest Newspaper 

The Haverhill 
Evening Gazette 

— -Established zjpS= 



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Average Daily Circulation Exceeding 
9, i oo 



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HON. SAMUEL A. JOHNSON. 

Samuel Allen Johnson, of Salem. Sheriff of Essex County, is a native 
of Salem, born July 31, 1847, a son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Allen) 
Johnson. In 1856 he removed, with his parents, to Beloit, Wisconsin, and 

was educated at Beloit College, leaving, however, before completing his 
full course, and beginning the study of law in the office of Todd & Con- 
verse in Beloit. where he spent about a year. In the autumn of 1870, 
after two years of travel, he resumed his law studies in the office of the 
late Hon. W. D. Northern!, and was admitted to the bar of Essex County 
on October 3, 1871. He remained in the office of Mr. Northend practic- 
ing his profession, until May. 1872, when he entered into a partnership 
with the late Dean Peabody. at that time one of the leading attorneys 
of Lynn, and afterwards for many years Clerk of Courts for Essex 
County. He remained in active practice in Lynn until May. 1875. when 
illness compelled him to seek health in Colorado. Returning to Salem 
in December. 1876. he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and this office he 
held until he assumed the duties of his present office of Sheriff of Essex 
County, to which he was elected in 1892. 



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MANUFACTURER OF 

BORO-GLYCOL 

PHOENIX CEMENT 

COLUMBIAN CEMENT 

SPONGE LEATHER FILLER 
SPECIAL ADHESIVES 



IRVING L. KEITH 

MANUFACTURER OK 

Cements, Waxes, Blackings 
and Indelible Crayons 

HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS 



AGENT FOR 

THE BOSTON THREAD & TWINE CO. 
THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY 
GOODYEAR WELTING 

LEATHER BELTING 

SHOE NAILS AND TACKS 



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DAVID I. ROBINSON. OF GLOUCESTER 

Was born in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Oct. 6. 1844. and is a descend- 
ant of Abraham Robinson, who settled at Cape Ann in 1630. 

In May. 1864, he enlisted in Company H. 133d Regiment, Illinois 
Volunteers, from Alton. Illinois, where he was living at the time of the 
Civil War. He was one of three brothers, all of whom were in the 
service at the same time, the other two being in the /th Illinois. 

At the close of the war. he returned to the East, and entered into 
business at Gloucester, in which business he has remained ever since, 
being now Treasurer of the American Halibut Co. of that city. 

Mr. Robinson has served his city in many political offices, first as 
a member of the Common Council, then President, and afterwards was 
three times elected to the office of Mayor, in 1886 and 1887 and 18(15, 
serving the following years. 

He was two years on the Governor's Council, serving with Gov. 
Crane in 1902 and Gov. Bates in 1903. 

In the fall of 1903 he was elected Treasurer of Essex County, which 
office he now holds. 

In religion Mr. Robinson is a Baptist, actively engaged in Sunday 
School work, being Superintendent the past fifteen years. 

He is also President of the Gloucester Fishermen's Institute, an 
organization for the social and religious welfare of the fishermen. 

In fraternal organizations he has been very active, being a member 
of the "G. A. R.." has held the highest office in the national body of 
the "Temple of Honor." and is now Grand Treasurer of the "Knights 
of Malta" of Massachusetts. 

In politics he is a Republican, and very pronounced in his temoer- 
ance principles. 

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Cuban. L. + V. 





No. 2, 



L + V. 



Cuban )A. L. + V. 



Important among the industries of Haverhill is the manufacture of Wood Heels, and 
the SLIPPER CITY WOOD HEEL CO., 4H to 58 DUNCAN STREET stands foremost. 

Established in 1900 it has steadily grown until to-day it is recognized as one of the lead- 
ing Wood Heel manufactures {>f the' world. 

Their specialties are the manufacture of exclusive styles and original designs. 

The members of the firm are H. E. Bond, E. L. Moore and J. S. Moore. 

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HON. JOSEPH N. PETERSON. 

Among the widely known contractors of Essex County is the firm 
of J. N. and V. S. Peterson of Salem, of which Joseph N. Peterson, 
Mayor of that city, is head. They were the contractors for the Court 
House at Lawrence, Mass. Mr. Peterson is serving his third term as 
Mayor and is also Treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee. 
He is chairman of the State Armory Commission. 



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THERIAULT, WOODUS & CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Fine Turn Infants' and Children's Shoes 

CHILDREN'S BOOTS A SPECIALTY 

25 RAILROAD SQUARE, HAVERHILL, MASS. 



ESTABLISHED 1896 



Telephone Connection 



THOMAS M. COOKE 



MANUFACTURER OF 

Co U NTE RS 

AND DEALER I N 

Innersoles 
and Taps 



39 to 43 WINGATE ST., HAVERHILL, MASS. 

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JAMES F. SHAW. 

Among the men closely identified with the Street Railway interests 
of this city is James F. Shaw, son of Hon. E. P. Shaw, ex-State Treas- 
urer, and the pioneer street railway man of Essex County. Mr. Shaw, 
who makes his residence at Manchester, Mass., was born in Newbury - 
port. July 18, 1873. He had been associated with his father for many 
years in projecting and building street railways, and in 1897 became head 
of the firm of Jas. F. Shaw & Co.. with offices at the corner of State 
and Congress Streets, Boston. 

He is also connected with various financial institutions, being Vice- 
President of the Maiden Trust Company. 

Mr. Shaw is a Mason, a member of the B. A. A., the Algonquin 
and Exchange Clubs of Boston, the Pentucket Club of this City, the 
Salem Club, the Dalton Club of Newburyport. the Commonwealth Club 
of Gloucester, Worcester Club, Newton Club. American Yacht Club, and 
the Essex County Club. 



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MODERN POWER FOR 
MODERN SHOPS 



Progressive manufacturers have been quick to recognize 
the economy of the Electric drive. A few of its many su- 
perior points are : — 

The elimination of idle shafting and belting, thereby 
gaining the greatest possible production for the least expen- 
diture of power. 

The ability to run any part of the factory after hours 
without turning over shafting for the whole shop. 

The absence of a large investment in a steam plant with 
its attendant repairs and depreciation. 

Its readiness to serve at a moment's notice, and the great 

saving in area. 

Our power house, now in process of reconstruction, will, 
when completed, be as modern as money and engineering 
skill can make it. 

Our power rates are lower than any other city in the 

state. 

Our time and experience are at your disposal. 
We can serve you from I to 5000 horse power. 



Haverhill Electric Co. 

140 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass. 



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HON. CARLETON F. HOW. 

Carleton F. How, the popular ex- Senator, is one of Haverhill's 
best known citizens, and one whom this city has been pleased to honor. 

In 1898 he was elected to the House of Representatives, where his de- 
votion to duty was such that again he was elected. In 1902 he was 
elected to the State Senate, where he served in many important con- 
nections, including Banking and Street Railroads. He was a member 
of the Senate also in 1903 and 1904. He is a member of the Pentucket 
and Wauchusett Clubs, is married, and makes his home here. 



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J. H. WINCHELL & CO. I™: 

9-17 LOCUST STREET 

HAVERHILL, MASS. 

MAKERS FOR DOMESTIC and EXPORT TRADE 

Men's Fine and Medium 
Grade Boots and Shoes 

McKAYS AND GOODYEAR WELTS 

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THE CITY OF HAVERHILL 

Advantages as a Manufacturing Centre 

The city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, has a history. In 1640 a few 
brave men selected the site and began a settlement. The site was long 
known as Pentucket, being the home of a tribe of Indians of that name. 
Haverhill derived its name from the Haverhill in old England. 

Manufacturing has been carried on here from almost the beginning 
of its history. Thomas Dustin, husband of Hannah Dustin. manufac- 
tured bricks, and this industry is extensively carried on in Haverhill at 
the present time. The bricks made in this section are noted for their 
good quality. 

One of the oldest Woolen Mills is located here, and in coniinui.u.s 
operation. 

The manufacture of hats has long been carried on here successfully. 

Extensive morocco factories operate here. Probably no place has 
a better supply of water adapted for the finishing of fine leather. 

Haverhill is noted for its Shoe Industry. It leads the world in many 
lines of shoes manufactured, which are shipped to all parts of the world. 
The largest Sole Leather house in the world is located in Haverhill, and 
the chance to secure, at first hands, every part that goes into a shoe 
makes Haverhill the most desirable place to locate a shoe manufactory 
in. 

Haverhill is situated on the Boston and Maine Railroad about 33 
miles from Boston, and at the head of navigation in the Merrimack 
River. The river is to be improved so as to make it the finest inland 
river for manufacturing in New England. The railroad service and 
river navigation, with express companies reaching all parts of the coun- 
try makes Haverhill very desirable for business location. 

The electric lines that have been built, and others which are now 
under way. make Haverhill the largest electric road centre in this part 
of the country. Soon a double track line, the finest equipped in New 
England, will connect Haverhill with Boston, and will carry freight and 
operate express trains. 

Haverhill is the natural centre of trade for almost 150,000 popula- 
tion. 

One of the largest Box Board Plants in the world is located here, 
choosing this location above many others because of its many advan- 
tages. 

The railroad and wharf privileges combined make the factory sites 
of Haverhill very desirable. A large island, in the Merrimack River, 
just below Haverhill, would make a most desirable location for a large 
manufacturing plant. 

The water of the Merrimack River is particularly adapted to be 

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used in boilers. In fact, nature has done all she could to fit Haverhill 
for a manufacturing centre. The fine water supply of Haverhill is 
another advantage of location here. Situated on the Merrimack River, 
surrounded by several beautiful lakes, she has a water supply unequaled 
in the State. The water works are owned by the city, and have been 
well managed. A large reduction has been made in the cost to water 
takers, giving the citizens the lowest rates of any city in the State. The 
almost unlimited supply of water of the best quality makes Haverhill 
particularly attractive for a place to live and do business in. 

Haverhill's business men have been very successful, and much wealth 
is represented here. 

The abolition of the grade crossings will be completed in the next 
two years, and a new bridge for teams will be built across the river, 
making another connection witli the Bradford side. A large bridge for 
the new electric road will also be built across the river. 

The city has a fine school system; connected with this is one of the 
best Manual Training Schools in the State. 

The Fire Department is one of the best in the State, and the Police 
Department equal to any. 

The valuation of the city has increased from $1,201,013 in !88o to 
$26,588,913 in 1904. The population has increased from 18,478 in 1880 
to about 40,000 in 1904. 

There are six National Banks and one Trust Co., three Savings 
Banks and tw r o Co-Operative Banks, all in flourishing condition. 

The Churches embrace all the leading denominations, and the secret 
and social organizations are numerous and prosperous. 

The Board of Trade has a membership of about 300, and has accom- 
plished much for the city since its organization. 

The Pentucket Club has a large membership of merchants and busi- 
ness men. They own a fine home at the corner of Summer and Main 
Streets. 

Our city has few dilapidated structures within its limits, and is well 
painted and kept. The workingman is above the average in thrift, and 
a very large number own their own homes. 

Haverhill is so situated that it is a most desirable place to do busi- 
ness in and bring up a family. For a long time the differences between 
the manufacturers and laborers have been adjusted without recourse to 
strikes, and Haverhill has been free from these troubles. The laborer, 
as a rule, is well paid, and all industrious men can easily obtain work. 

Haverhill is glad to see good citizens locate here, and to those seek- 
ing a location for any business enterprise Haverhill offers most favor- 
able advantages. New factories are soon to be erected, and Haverhill 
expects in the near future to lead all cities in the beautiful Merrimac 
Valley. 



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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 



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Cooking by Gas 



Cheaper than coal ; it insures a cleaner kitchen ; 
shorter hours ; meals more quickly and better 
prepared. The GAS RANGE saves money 
for those who use it intelligently- Prices from 
$5.75 up. No up-to-date housewife can afford 
to be without one. 

HOT PLATES— Suitable for light cooking 
at $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, including six 
feet of hose. 

WE SELL Lamps, Portables, Mantles, 
Shades, Chimneys and Globes. Call and see 
them. 



HAVERHILL 
GASLIGHT CO. 

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ST. JAMES' ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 



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Laroy S. Chase Herbert E. Chase 

W. S. Chase & Sons 



...Manufacture exclusively... 

Goo dy ear 
Turned Shoes 

For IV holesalers 



Boston Office, 89 Bedford Street 

Factory, 93-99 Essex Street 

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HIGH SCHOOL 



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Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass. 

FOUNDED IN 1803 

Some Advantages Offered by this Academy 

1. Its Location.— Thirty miles from Boston, thus enabling 
students to attend musical and dramatic performances and to visit 
exhibitions of art under the guidance of their instructors. 

2. The Size of the School. — The smallness of the classes and 
the consequent intimate relation between teachers and students greatly 
stimulate the development of individuality, and in a school of one 
hundred and forty students latent qualities are more sure to be devel- 
oped than in an institution of larger size. 

3. Its Facilities for the Cark of the Health. — A new gym- 
nasium, a resident teacher of physical training, and a resident nurse, 
recreation grounds laid out for hockey, tennis, basket ball, and golf a 
pond for rowing and skating, and several acres of natural woodland offer 
unusually favorab'e conditions for the maintenance of health. 

4. The Pleasant Social Life — Wide social relations and a 
broad outlook are afforded by a school that counts among its students 
representatives of twenty different states from Maine to Montana. 

5. The Comparative Freedom Allowed the Students. — -While 
the pupils are in every way carefully looked after, the majority of them 
are of sufficient maturity to warrant a very liberal policy in school 
discipline. 

6. The Attractiveness of the Apartments for Students. — 
Two bedrooms ar.d a parlor in most cases constitute a suite for two 
students. 

7. The Variety of Courses of Study Offered. — A general 
course of five years ; a college preparatory course of four years ; and a 
course of two years for high school graduates, Special courses in 
music and art may be pursued, and a course in Home Economics has 
been added for next year. 

8. Its Endowment. — The land, buildings and equipment are 
largely the gift of friends of the academy, ana this trust is administered 
by a representative board of trustees. 

9. Its Inheritance. — The influence of the women trained here, 
over sixteen hundred of whom are now living, the memory of former 
students and teachers whose names have passed into history, and the 
power of a century of noble tradition form an inheritance for the 
students of to day that few schools can offer. 

For catalogue, views and information address the principal, 

MISS LAURA A. KNOTT, A. M. 

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CLARENCE B. MITCHELL. 

Maker of fine clothing for men and women, is located at 142 Merri- 
mack St., nearly opposite the foot of How St. 

Here may be found seasonable goods of foreign and domestic make 
in the latest patterns, and the best fashion plates published. 

Mr. Mitchell passed his early life in Maine, but for the greater part 
of eighteen years has been in Haverhill. He was with the late John Mc- 
Millan six years, and. with Percy W. Cole, succeeded to Mr. McMil- 
lan's business in 1895. under the firm name of Mitchell & Cole. 

In 1902 Mr. Cole retired from the firm, and since then Mr. Mitchell 
has carried on the business. 

He is a graduate of the Jno. J. Mitchell Co. Cutting Academy of 
New York, and keeps in touch with the school now for information on 
ever-changirfg styles. 

From four to twelve experienced hands are employed, according to 
the season. 

About one-quarter of the business is from out-of-town parties, and 
inquiries by mail are promptly attended to. 

Mr. Mitchell is an Odd Fellow, a member of Mizpah Lodge. Not 
"how cheap but how good" has been the motto of the firm. For good 
material, expert workmanship, correct style, and fair prices Mitchell 
stands. 



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The World's Greatest Trade Journal 



Boot and Shoe Recorder 

Published Weekly $2.50 the Year 

24TH Year of Publication 

The Boot and Shoe Recorder circulates in every state and territory of 

the Union, as well as Great Britian, the Continent, Asia, South 

Africa, South America, Mexico, Australia and Canada 

It Is the Greatest Advertising Medium to Reach the 
Progressive Merchant 

boot and shoe recorder 

11 and 13 Columbia St., Boston, Mass. 



The Sewing Machines Supplies Co. 



DEALERS IN 



Shoe M Manufacturers' Goods 

41 Rx eel si or " Needles " Standard' 

IVaxes, Colors, Etc. 

FOR FINISHING ROOM 
MAKERS OF THE 

POWER LINING MARKER 

AND SPECIATIES FOR THE SHOE MANUFACTURER 

BROCKTON LONDON BUENOS AYRES 

170-172 Lincoln Street, BOSTON 

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BOSTON & NORTHERN 
STREET RAILWAY CO. 

The more people know about the possibilities offered in 
trolleving for a dav's recreation, the scenes of beauty and 
historical interest to be reached bv cars over the lines of 
the Boston & Northern Street Railway, the more riding 
they will do. We believe that people are anxious to learn 
about the seashore resorts, groves and the many other 
delightful places to be reached by our system, and we cer- 
tainly do not intend to place any hindrance in the way of 
their acquiring this knowledge. Rather we propose to go 
out of our way to tell the people what they want to know. 

Trolleying, its delights and fascinations, where to go, 
how to go, and how much it will cost, all told in a breezy, 
interesting manner, make up the subject matter of a series 
of six attractive folders which the companies have just 
issued. 

These folders are gotten up in much the same style as 
the literature issued bv the big steam roads. The Boston 
& Northern and Old Colony Street Railways are the first 
in the country to put out pamphlets on such a pretentious 
scale. 

Each folder is devoted to one special section. For in- 
stance, the South Shore, North Shore, Merrimac Valley, 
Mystic Valley, Southern Massachusetts, and Western 
Massachusetts, all of which will be mailed to any address. 
Passenger Department, 309 Washington Street, Boston, or 
any Division Superintendent. 

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HAVERHILL, MASS., U. S. A. 





MAKERS OF HIGH-GRADE 



Misses', Children's, Infants' and Babies' 



Footwear 



For Domestic and Export Trade 



COMMUNICATIONS SOLICITED 



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SOLDIERS' MONUMENT 



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F. N. Livingston 

& Co.. 



ESTABLISHED 1885 



MANUFACTURERS OF 




Top Lifting, 
Sole Leather 



Belting Heels 



Specialty — Shanks for* Ladies* Turned Boots 
17 Sanders Place 



Telephone 



HAVERHILL, MASS. 



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CENTRAL FIRE STATION 



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W.W. Appleton &Co. 

74-76-78 PHOENIX ROW 
HAVERHILL, MASS. 

Women's Counters a Specialty 



Grain 




Best Canvass Covered Counters Made 

UNIFORM OUALITY 
PERFECTLY MOULDED 
BEST UNION LEATHER 

Finest Rough and Finished Splits 

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MODEL F. PRICE, $2800 

Wide liberal Side Entrance Door. Increased efficiency and 

convenience of operation. Wheel Base 1 !4 inches 

Remodeled Burner 



Send for New Literature 

White Garage, 

Big Bargains in Second-hand '03, '04 and '05 Models 



'Phone, Back Bay 2622 

320 
Newbury Street 



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ESTABLISHED 1S74 



S. PF. Lakin & Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Women's and Children's 




BELTING 
HEELS 

From Best Quality Oak and Hemlock 
Tanned Belt Ends 



Spring Heels a Specialty. Samples Furnished and 
Correspondence Solicited 



WARD HILL, 



MASSAC II USETTS 



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WOOD 

HEELS 

OF ALL' 



I'HTlitiiHl'KH 



" Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow ' 

THE PENTUCKET 
WOOD HEEL CO. 



Are the largest manufacturers of Wood Heels in the world, and are 
therefore better fitted to supply the demands of export trade. We 
want to hear from buyers everywhere. Samples free. Our factory 
contains 20,000 feet space. Our prices the cheapest. Our plant the 
largest. Our heels the best. 

PENTUCKET WOOD HEEL CO., Haverhill, Mass., U. S. A. 



PATRICK MARTIN 

Manufacturer of 
Men's, Women's and Misses' Whole and Pieced 

BELT SCARFING AND BELTING 
HEELS A SPECIALTY 

119 Phoenix Row, rear of 120 Washington St., Haverhill, Mass. 

A. DALTON AND COMPANY 

Manufacturers of 

Wood and Paper Boxes 

Fine Commercial and Label Printing jt 
HAVERHILL, MASS. MANCHESTER, N. H. 

N. F. Telephone. 485-4 N. E. Telephone. 329-4 

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HAVERHILL BLACKING CO, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Blackings, Stains, Waxes, Etc. 

7 POTTER PLACE 

N. E. Telephone Connection HAVERHILL, M ASS. 

HARRY T. PLUMSTEAD 

DESIGNER AND 
MANUFACTURER OF 

Boot and Shoe 

Patterns 

no WASHINGTON ST., HAVERHILL, MASS. 




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CHARLKS H. POOR EDMUND B. FULLER 

POOR & FULLER 
Counsellors at Law 

HAVERHILL, MASS. 

AMERICAN-La FRANCE FIRE 
ENGINE CO. 

Boston Branch 

294 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 

D. ARTHUR BURT, Manager 
People's 'Phone, 57-2 Long Distance 'Phone, 323-2 

Hanscom Hardware Co. 

JOBBERS AND 
RETAILERS 

2830 MAIN STREET, - HAVERHILL, MASS. 

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EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES 

By S. H. Holmes, Superintendent of Schools 

Like every other enterprising New England city, Haverhill has a 
complete and efficient system of public schools. These schools are 
housed in comfortable and convenient structures, located in the various 
sections of the city so that every child is within easy access of school 
privileges. The total number of school houses, large and small, which 
are now used for school purposes is thirty-three, having a total of one 
hundred and forty-five school rooms. These schools, with the excep- 
tion of eight in the rural districts, are very carefully guarded and include 
all the various departments that are to be found in any complete public 
school system, including kindergarten, primary, intermediate, grammar 
and high school grades. The special subjects of drawing, music and 
manual training, including wood-working and iron-working, turning, 
pattern making, molding, machine tool work, drafting and mechanical 
drawing for the boys and sewing and cooking for the girls are also ade- 
quately provided for. Haverhill was one of the first New England cities 
to make provision for the teaching of manual and industrial training in 
her schools. A special building, designed and built for this particular 
work, was erected seven years ago, and stands a monument to Haver- 
hill's enterprise and foresight in respect to the need for providing such 
a training for her youth. 

The schools are experiencing a steady, healthy growth, as is every 
other of the interests of the city, and almost every year sees the erection 
of one or more new buildings to accommodate the increased number of 
pupils. These buildings are architecturally attractive, adding to the dig- 
nity and beauty of the city's thoroughfares, and are also admirably 
adapted to the purpose for which they are designed. 

With a kindergarten system extensive enough to extend its benefits 
to practically every child of kindergarten age. with a modern, progres- 
sive, and effective system of elementary schools, with a high school 
which for work and standing is second to none in New England, with 
a special department of manual training so developed and fostered as to 
be of the greatest practical benefit to all the youth of the city, with 
school buildings modern, well-equipped and well cared for, with an 
ample equipment of books, supplies and school apparatus, and with a 
teaching force of a high order of ability and devotion to its chosen work, 
Haverhill children certainly enjoy excellent educational opportunities. 
All these advantages, added to the natural beauties of the city, its very 
low rate of mortality, and the democratic spirit which prevails among 
her people, makes Haverhill among the most desirable of New England 
cities both as a place of residence and a place to do business. 



9i 



Established 1877 



F. M. SHAW & SON, c^-*. 

Dealers in 

Leather 

Manufacturers of 

Reels and Rands 

Specialty made of the Horse Shoe Rand and heels for the foreign trade 

255-261 CENTRE ST., BROCKTON, MASS. 



S "^.«^fc»^ "The C & H 

ft 




Arch Shank 



From the heel to the toe joints tne foot is as rigid as the arm is from the 
elbow to the wrist. Still some shoemakers think a flexible shank is a good thing. 
Broken down insteps come from these thinkers 

" THE C & H ARCH SHANK " keeps the shoe in shape, prevents broken- 
down arch or instep, stops the ripping in the shank, making the shoes wear 
longer and costs but a fraction of a cent more than the old style shank. 

THE C & H ARCH SHANK CO., BROCKTON, MASS. 



The BLATZ-LEATHER CO. 

Glazed Kid 

ALBERT W. BLISS 

NEW ENGLAND AGENT 

34 SOUTH ST., BOSTON 

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Churches and Social Organizations 



The city of Haverhill has good reason to feel proud of the oppor- 
tunities for the culture of religious and social life offered to its inhabit 
tants. 

It has forty churches, many of them beautifully located, finely built 
and architectural ornaments to the city. 

Their pulpits are filled by broad-minded men, who are deeply inter- 
ested in the welfare of the municipality, as well as of their own people, 
and their influence is felt in the moral, social and political life of the 
community. 

The opportunities for social enjoyment are many, all the leading^ 
fraternal organization^ being in a flourishing condition, with finely fur- 
nished halls and a membership noted for hospitality and good fellowship. 

The leading club house of the city, the cut of which appears upon 
another page, is known as the Pentucket Club. It is situated upon one 
of the best corners in the city, opposite the common, and is equipped 
with everything desired in a modern club house. Its membership is 
largely composed of the leading business men. 

There are many other clubs throughout the city, well located and 
well furnished, giving to one whatever he may desire in this line. 

The new-coming resident will find a welcome to share our unexcelled 
religious and social privileges that will surely please. 



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HENRY N. BOURQUE 

The Up-to-date Pattern Maker, Designer 
and Originator of 

Boot and Shoe 
Patterns 

Always keeping in touch with all the latest creations in the 
line of Footwear 

112 WASHINGTON STREET, HAVERHILL, MASS. 

N. E. Telephone, 945-2 
J. J. Cashman J. A. Cashman W. E. Shinnick 

BOSTON and HAVERHILL 
DESPATCH 



fieavy teaming 

Freight Forwarders to all Points 

BOSTON OFFICE, 65 KINGSTON STREET 
HAVERHILL OFFICE, 38 WASHINGTON STREET 

N. E. Telephone, 560 People's Telephone, 254-3 

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Haverhill Public Library 

By John Grant Moulton, Librarian 

The Haverhill Public Library was founded in 1873 by the Hon. E. J. 
M. Hale, who gave the land for the site and $30,000 in money on condi- 
tion that, if the city accepted the gift, a board of trustees should be ap- 
pointed by the Mayor and City Council, a further sum of $30,000 should 
be subscribed by friends of the Library, and the City Government should 
pay the current expenses of the Library. 

The proposition was accepted by the city, and the following trustees 
were elected, — Hon. E. J. M. Hale, James H. Carleton, James E. Gale, 
James R. Nichols, R. Stuart Chase, and John L. Hobson. $37,155.55 was 
raised by public subscription, and work was begun on the building in 
April, 1874. It was completed and occupied in May, 1875, dedicated 
Nov. 11, 1875, and opened to the public Nov. 18, 1875. 

Edward Capen, the first librarian of the Boston Public Library, was 
appointed Librarian. The library opened with 20,962 volumes, of which 
2,947 volumes were donated. The books were purchased at a cost of 
$17,583.34. The cost of the building and furnishings was $49,543.32. 
The total estimated value of the library, including site, was $79,711.78. 
The current expenses were from the first paid in part by the city, and 
the dog tax was devoted to the purchase of books. In 1883 and 1884 
it was withheld by the City Council. From 1885 to the present time 
the dog tax has been devoted to part payment of current expenses. 

From the opening of the library until his death in 1881, Mr. Hale 
made many gifts to the library. Most of the pictures, busts, and other 
works of art were given by him. He left a legacy of $100,000.00, half the 
income from which was to be devoted to the purchase of books and half 
to the payment of current expenses. His total gifts to the Library were 
as follows: 

Original gift of land and money $42,556.23 

Yearly gifts from 1875-81 32,500.00 

Legacy 100,000.00 

Total $175,056.23 

Other notable gifts and bequests to the library are: — 
1888. From James E. Gale, legacy of $15,000.00 

which with interest now forms a fund of $20,000.00 

1897. From Mrs. Mary Carleton Flint, legacy of . . . 692.02 

From Mrs. Caroline G. Ordway and Herbert 
I. Ordway, in memory of Warren Ordway, a fund 

for the Bradford Branch of 2.500.00 

1900. From James H. Carleton. a legacy which 

now amounts to 9.000.00 

From Nathaniel E. Noyes. a legacy of 10,000.00 

The total endowment of the library is now $146,130.00. 
The library has. in 1905, about 80,000 volumes, and is fifth in size 
among Massachusetts free city libraries. The collection is particularly 

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WARREN BEARDSLEY 



Ladies' Footwear 



54 WASHINGTON STREET, HAVERHILL,^MASS. 

Boston Office, 208 Albany Building 

Haverhill Pattern Co. 

Designers and Manufacturers of 

BOOT AND SHOE 
PATTERNS 

96 Washington St., Haverhill 

Pattern Board and Binding 

A. S. BAILEY & CO. 

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HAVERHILL PUBLIC LIBRARY— Continued 



rich in books on the fine arts, American History, genealogy, and town 
history. About 3,000 of the best books of the year are added annually, 
and 197 current magazines, trade periodicals, and newspapers are on 
file in the reading room. 

The reference room has on open shelves about 3,000 volumes of 
the best reference works, a library of classic and standard literature, and 
a special reference collection for High School teachers and pupils. At 
the information desk in this room is an attendant to assist the public 
in using the library. 

The children's room has about 5,000 volumes on open shelves for 
home use and a complete card catalogue of these books. Teachers 
make their selections for school use from this room. 

The library has four branches: — the Bradford branch in the centre of 
the Bradford district; the Washington Street branch in the business and 
factory district, and the Rocks Village and Ayers Village branches in 
the eastern and western suburbs of the city. 

The Bradford Branch, formerly the Bradford town library, is a 
complete library of about 8,000 volumes, with open shelves. It has 
special funds of its own for the purchase of non-fiction and reference 
books. 

At Washington Street, there is a reading room supplied with cur- 
rent magazines and newspapers, and a small collection of books on open 
shelves. Both the Bradford and Washington Street branches are con- 
nected by telephone with the main library, and books are delivered 
daily from the main library. 

The branches at Ayers Village and Rocks Village have small per- 
manent reference collections, and collections of books for circulation 
which are changed every three months. There is a weekly delivery to 
each of these branches from the main library. 

The library has a loan collection of stereoscopic views, about 7,000 
mounted and many unmounted pictures, which are largely used by the 
schools and study clubs. The upper hall of the building is used for 
exhibition purposes, and a continuous exhibition of pictures is on view 
there. 

Of the special collections that of the first editions of Whittier and 
books about him is most important. It is probably the largest and best 
Whittier collection in existence. There is also a large collection of 
books and pictures on local history, and books printed in Haverhill, and 
by Haverhill authors. The file of newspapers published in Haverhill 
since 1793 is practically complete. 

The library owns many valuable art treasures, most of which have 
been given by Haverhill people. A few of them are mentioned here. 

From E. J. M. Hale: 

Cast of the statue of Washington by Houdon. The ori- 
ginal statue in Richmond, Va., is considered the best 
likeness of Washington ever made. 

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YOUNG BROS. 

Inner Soles, Pulp- Leather 
Taps and Sheet Heeling 



Bottom Stock and Heels of all 
Kinds 

t Beach St., Haverhill, Mass. 

N. E. 'Phone, 606-2 




H. G. KEELER 

Heel Manufacturer 
Fibre Heels and ^ 
Spring Lifts a *£ 
Specialty <& ^ ** 

29, 31, 33, 35 RAILROAD SQUARE 
HAVERHILL, MASS, 



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HAVERHILL PUBLIC LI BRARY- Concluded 



Marble bust of Whittier by Preston Powers. 
Arrowsmith's London atlas from the estate of Daniel 
Webster, which was used by Webster in negotiating the 
Ashburton Treaty of 1842 that settled the north-east 
boundary of the United States. 
Ames portrait of Daniel Webster, considered one of the 
best portraits of Webster, and valued at $5,000.00. 
From E. J. M. Hale and James H. Carleton: 

Set of Audubon's "Birds," which was the second set deliv- 
ered to American subscribers and which was owned 
originally by Daniel Webster. 
Co-operation with the schools is an important feature of the edu- 
cative work of the library. A collection of books selected by the 
teacher or by the library assistant in charge of this work is sent every 
four weeks to each grammar school-room in the city. Eleven traveling 
libraries, containing about 55 books each, circulate among the union 
schools. Teachers bring their classes to the library, and the library 
assistant visits the schools to keep in touch with their courses of study 
and to explain the use of the library. The total circulation of books in 
the schools during 1904 was 15.300. 

Two rooms in the building are available for the use of teachers, 
school classes, and study clubs. One of them is arranged particularly 
for the display of pictures and books. 

The library keeps in touch with the public by means of weekly lists 
of books printed in the newspapers, and the display of lists, posters, 
and pictures on the bulletin boards at the main library and branches. A 
bulletin of new books is published every two months and distributed 
free. Lists of "Periodicals Currently Received" and "Italian Books at 
the Public Library" have been recently printed. 

The total circulation for 1904 was 152.765 volumes, an average 3.9 
to each inhabitant: 68 per cent, of this circulation was fiction. The 
circulation of pictures was 6,056. In circulation the Haverhill library 
ranks tenth among Massachusetts free city libraries. In population the 
city ranks twelfth in the State. 

The main library is open on week days, except holidays, from 9 
A. M. to 9 P. M.: Sundays, Nov. 1 to May 1 from 2 to 6 P. M. 
The present officers of the library are — 

Trustees: — Roswell L. Wood, Mayor, Chairman ex-officio: Albert 
L. Bartlett, Secretary; R. Stuart Chase. Treasurer; John L. Hobson, 
George C. How. George H. Carleton, Charles D. Porter. 
Librarian: — John Grant Moulton. 



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ALVAH L. WISWELL 

FINE SHOE STITCHING 

3 Sanders Court, Haverhill Mass. 



Established 1878 



P. J. FITZGERALD 



Manufacturerer of 



Heels, Toplifts and 
Flexible Insoles 



Rear 22 to 28 Washington Street 
Haverhill, Mass. 

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GENERAL BUSINESS INTERESTS 



Since about. 1743 Haverhill has been important as a business centre. 
Her early merchants won fame and riches, and had much to do with the 
rapid development of this country. From these early times Haverhill 
has been the central place for a very large and rich district, and has 
always had a reputation for its up-to-date retail stores, which today are 
conceded to be the best in all this section. The reasonable prices, and 
liberal treatment given customers by our merchants has given Haver- 
hill a position where her business men do not fear trade competition. 
The excellent opportunities offered by our traders for purchasing goods 
has induced capital to make it possible for the large suburban popula- 
tion to reach our stores by quick transportation. On a pleasant day our 
streets are filled with busy shoppers. Haverhill is the natural centre of 
trade for almost 150,000 people. Our business men are up-to-date, and 
pushing for more business all the time. Their bright and attractive ad- 
vertisements have more than a local reputation. Our business men have 
the best of bank accommodations. 

We have six National Banks and one Trust Co. which receive de- 
posits subject to checks. There are three Savings Banks and two Co- 
operative Banks. Haverhill has the record of its long years of Banking 
Institutions that no one ever lost a dollar by any of its banks. 

The Merrimack National Bank is the oldest, and is one of the most 
progressive banks in the city today. Capital stock $24,000, surplus 
$120,000, and deposits of about $800,000. Charles W. Arnold, the owner 
of the largest leather house in the world, is its President. 

The Haverhill National Bank has a capital of $200,000 and surplus 
of $200,000 and deposits of about $800,000. John E. Gale, a leading manu- 
facturer, is President. 

The first National Bank has a capital of $200,000, surplus $120,000, 
and deposits of about $400,000. C. H. S. Durgin, one of our progres- 
sive men, is President. 

The Merchants' National Bank has a capital of $150,000. surplus $50,- 
000, and deposits of about $400,000. L. H. Chick, retired shoe manufac- 
turer, is President. 

The Second National Bank has a capital of $150,000, surplus of $50.- 
000, and about $300,000 deposits. John A. Gale of Brookline is Presi- 
dent. The Essex National Bank has a capital of $100,000, surplus of 
$20,000, and deposits of about $200,000. Warren Emerson, a prominent 
business man. is President. 

The Haverhill Safe Deposit and Trust Co. is located at 163 Merri- 
mack St., and is a prosperous institution. 

The Haverhill Savings Bank is one of the leading Savings Banks 
of the State. It has over 15.000 depositors, and over $5,000,000 in de- 
posits. The City Five Cent Savings Bank is located at 48 Washington 
St. It has deposits of over $2,000,000. 

The Pentucket Savings Bank, located at 42 Washington St., has 
deposits of over $1,500,000. 

The Haverhill Co-Operative Bank and The Citizens' Co-Operative 
Bank are both prosperous institutions, and are abreast of the times in 
looking after the interests of their clientage, and are always ready to 
help any deserving person to build and own their own homes. 

1C1 



We Can Supply 

Anything 

From a Tack 

to a 

Full Factory Equipment 

IF THERE IS ANYTHING 
YOU WANT, WRITE US 



United Shoe 

Machinery Co. 

205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Mass, 

S. W. WINSLOW, President 
GEORGE W. BROWN, Treasurer 

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The Haverhill Shoe at Home and Abroad 



It is an old story, but we never tire of it — the tale of the Haverhill 
shoe, not only at home but abroad. 

Practically every new style and shape, in shoes and slippers for 
women, originates in Haverhill, and the ideas are as religiously and in- 
dustriously copied as are the Parisian-made gowns in the world of 
dresses. 

At no time in her interesting shoe-making history has the product 
of local shoe manufacturers been more highly regarded than at the 
present moment. This, too, in spite of the fact that women's shoes are 
more extensively produced in other communities than ever before. It 
is a deserved tribute to the average Haverhill-made shoe to say that it 
can be copied but not duplicated. 

A question of vital importance to the shoe manufacturing interests 
of this country, and upon which there is a wide difference of opinion 
among thoughtful men, is at the present time demanding recognition. 
That question is. shall we. for the sake of relief from an unjustifiable 
duty on hides, assent to the removal of the duty on shoes which has 
safe-guarded the American market during the growth of an industry 
which today stands second only to that of textile manufacturing? 

It is not our purpose here to consider the merits of this question, 
for it seems to us there is a slight relationship between the two proposi- 
tions. Moreover, it is an accepted fact that any benefits resulting from 
a duty on hides are confined within a very limited sphere and to a few 
individuals, while its baneful effects are felt throughout the length and 
breadth of this land, especially so in those manufacturing centres where 
effort is made to compete with other nations for the markets of the 
world. Much is heard now-a-days of the "American invasion" on the 
part of our progressive shoe manufacturers, and there is much truth 
in the claim, although at present our possession of foreign trade is more 
sentimental than actual, and one must not get the idea that the foreign- 
ers have laid down their arms and are calmly looking on. Our neigh- 
bors are keenly alive to the situation and are exerting every influence to 
turn the advancing tide, and they have many advantages over the Ameri- 
can manufacturers, especially in the items of labor and materials. In the 
matter of bottom stock the advantage to the Englishman is so complete 
that there is actually no comparison. Were it not for the fact that our 
.factories are better organized, the product more concentrated, with a 
more complete system of operation, and (for the time being) the em- 
ployment of more modern machinery, there would be but small oppor- 
tunity for us to compete against these substantial advantages. How 
long can we keep our cousins out of the possessions we now enjoy, and 
when can we acquire the advantages that count for so much in their 
favor? To be sure, our goods have more style, better fitting qualities, 
and are lighter and more attractive than the foreign products, but there 
are no patents on these accomplishments, and they can be acquired as 
we secured them. — through the stress of competition. Now, if the for- 

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A. F. CLAPP & CO. 



Manufacturers and Dealers in 



SHEEP LEATHER 

Imitation Calf, Black and White Napa Stock, Colors, Calf 
Finished Black, Glazed Black, Russets, Imitation Chamois 



19 SOUTH STREET 



BOSTON, MASS. 




T. R. Hill 



Manufacturer of 



Cut Toplifts 
Flat Counters 
Leather Shanks 



Leather Whole and Pieced Heels, Leather Board Heels and Spring Heels 

Special attention given to Contract Work on Moulded Counters 
(Stewart Machines Used) 

30, 32, 34, 36, 38 Wingate St., HAVERHILL, MASS. 

Telephone Connection 

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THE HAVKRHILL SHOE— Concluded 



eigner buys his labor and materials at a price noticeable below that paid 
by our manufacturers, and acquires the advantages that we possess and 
that until recently he has known nothing of or ignored, why shall we 
not be called upon to exert ourselves to the utmost, not only in our 
efforts to invade new fields, but in maintaining ourselves at home? 

America leads in the material for shoes as well as in the finished 
article. There is, in its fine texture and beautiful finish, no kid like our 
chrome-tanned skins, which are a new and recent discovery, and the 
volume with which they find their way into foreign markets is making it 
detrimental and embarrassing to home manufacturers, and raises the 
price too high for comfort. 

It would be a pleasure and satisfaction to use only the best selec- 
tions of skins in all our shoes if our customers would stand the price, 
but goats and kids will persist in not always being sleek and fat when 
they are led to slaughter, and the starved and neglected are sure to show 
their condition and breeding after they go into the vat as well as they 
do when they roam the plains and pastures. 

Haverhill, however, is enjoying a fair measure of foreign trade, 
From small beginnings our exports of boots and shoes have grown tre- 
mendously in a few years, and today, so popular has American-made 
footwear become, that, according to the official figures of our Treasury 
Department, the boot and shoe exports last year were valued at almost 
six and a half million dollars. This has come about largely because 
we put into our footwear that style and durability usually lacking in the 
foreign article, besides giving to our cousins a shoe that would fit the 
foot and give comfort to the wearer. 

The new Australian tariff, it is predicted, will do much to exclude the 
cheaper lines of footwear to the benefit of the Australian manufacturer, 
who has learned much from the American system of shoe-making and 
who is now equipping his factory with the latest American shoe machin- 
ery. This will enable him to manufacture the cheaper lines of boots and 
shoes for home consumption and do much to exclude shoes of the same 
grade made by foreign manufacturers. On the higher-priced lines, how- 
ever, America will continue to enjoy a large trade, and it will take con- 
siderable time for Australian manufacturers to reach the position ob- 
tained by our manufacturers in making of fine footwear. Trade in New 
Zealand just now is very good, in fact better than in Australia, with 
England our chief competitor in both places. 

Haverhill's export business now practically in its infancy, must be- 
come a most important accession to the industrial and manufacturing 
interests of the city. The foreign demand for Haverhill shoes is steadily 
and persistently increasing. The adaptation of our shoe making to for- 
eign style ideas is gradually lessening, so that the time is not far distant 
when the shoes which set the pace in American shoe styles will not be 
changed to the slightest degree for foreigners' feet. 

The future is indeed bright! 

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TRADE^\ MARK 

Registered U. S. Patent Ofti< 



T. S. Ruddock & Son 




Sole Makers of Men's 
Veda Calf Shoes 



Sold only through Exclusive Agents 
all over the United States 



HAVERHILL, MASS. 




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T. S RUDDOCK & SON 
Shoe Manufacturers 



107 



The NEW HAMPSHIRE TRACTION CO.'S LINES 

Make the swiftest time between all points in the Merri-nack Valley 




Kegular time between Haverhill and Lawrence, 45 minutes; by any other line, 
1 hour, or by way of Ward Hill, 1 hour and 15 minutes. Hetween Haverhill and 
Lowell, 1 hour, 3*7 minutes; other lines, 2 hours. Between Haverhill and Nashua, 1 
hour, 37 minutes; other lines, 3 hours, 15 minutes. Between Lowell and Nashua, 1 
hour, 15 minutes; other lines, 1 hour, 15 minutes. Between Nashua and Lawrence, 
1 hour, 22y 2 minutes; other lines, 2 hours, 15 minutes. Between Haverhill and Hamp- 
ton Beach, 1 hour, 45 minutes; other lines, 2 hours, 15 minutes. Between Haverhill 
and Salisbury Beach, 1 hour, 45 minutes; other lines, 1 hour, 45 minutes. Between 
Lawrence and Hampton Beach, 2 hours, 3') minutes ; other lines, 3 hours, 15 minutes. 
Between Lawrence and Salisbury Beach, 2 hours, 30 minutes; other lines, 1 hours, 45 
minutes. Between Lowell and Hamplon Beach, 3 hours, 30 minutes; other lines, 4 
hours, 15 minutes. Between Lowell and Salisbury Beach, 3 hours, 30 minutes: other 
lines, 3 hours, 45 minutes. Between Nashua and Hampton Beach, 3 hours, 30 minutes; 
other lines, 5 hours, 30 minutes. Between Nashua and Salisbury Beach, 3 hours, 30 
minutes; other lines, 5 hours. It is not generally known that the shortest routes to 
Hampton, Wye, Salisbury and Seabronk Beaches are by the lines of the New Hampshire 
Traction Company, and the above figures are given so that the public, especially 
those living far distant from the ocean, may see that much valuable time may be 
saved by taking the New Hampshire Traction Company's lines. 

Popular Canobie Lake Park — the sensation in pleasure grounds— is reached ex- 
clusively by these lines. 

For special cars, picnic dates or other information, call on or address FRANKLIN 
WOODMAN, (ieneral Manager, 50 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass, 

Telephones 05 and 06 

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BENJ. N. MOORE & SON 



MANUFACTURERS 



Goat, India Sheep and Skivers 

FANCY GRAINS, COLORS 
AND BLACKS 



Office and Salesroom 

Telephone, Oxford 551-2 95 South Street 

Factory, Peabody Boston, Mass. 

WALLACE S. BRAY DANA S. BRAY 

W. S. BRAY & SON 

Manufacturers of 

Counters and Taps 

Women's, Misses' and Children's Turned Counters 
Fitted Taps a Specialty 

42 PHCENIX ROW, HAVERHILL, MASS. 

NEW ENGLAND 'PHONE 

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Transportation Facilities 



The city of Haverhill is situated on the main line of the western 
division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, about 33 miles from Boston. 
It has 25 trains each way daily. The fast express trains make the run 
in 45 minutes. A branch line gives direct communication with New- 
buryport, Salem and Lynn. 

The Merrimack River is navigable to Haverhill, and a large amount 
of shipping is carried on from Haverhill to numerous cities on the At- 
lantic Coast. With a tide-water dam built across the river at a point 
below the city, for which money has been appropriated by Congress, for 
a survey, all sea-going crafts can reach our wharves. Enormous quan- 
tities of coal come direct by boat, and the Standard Oil Co. have 
wharves, and large reservoirs for receiving and distributing oil, located 
here. Haverhill has had extensive shipping interests since its early 
history. 

The Electric Street Railway lines entering Haverhill make it the 
largest electric road centre in the State. 

The Boston and Northern operate over its principal streets, and 
have a branch line extending to Lawrence on the west side of the river, 
and Andover and Boston on the south. Their line also extends down 
the river, through Groveland and West Newbury to Newburyport, and 
connects there with the Beaches. The Southern New Hampshire enters 
the city from the west, has a direct line to Lawrence, also Lowell, 
Nashua and Salem, N. H. Its lines also extend easterly and passing 
through Plaistow and Newton. N. H., touch Amesbury and Hampton 
Beach. 

The Citizens' Line enters the city from the east, passes through 
Merrimac and Amesbury, and extends to Salisbury Beach, and connects 
at Salisbury Square for Newburyport. 

The Georgetown and Rowley Road enters the city across the bridge 
from the south. It connects Georgetown, Ipswich and Rowley, and 
through to Boston, and by branch to Newburyport. 

Work is now going on that will complete the finest equipped line 
in New England, connecting Haverhill with Manchester, and by a more 
direct line with Boston. There is to be built a bridge, across the river, 
at Washington Square, over which this line will pass. It will be a 
double track line from Haverhill to Boston, on which express trains 
will be run. and freight carried. Still other lines are under considera- 
tion, and without doubt Haverhill is destined to continue to hold the 
first place as an electric road centre. By consulting the proper maps 
this will clearly be demonstrated by Haverhill's location. 

These electric lines place Haverhill in close communication with all 
the adjacent territory, and the electric car rides from Haverhill as a 
centre cannot be duplicated for scenery and varied attractions. The 
Beaches and numerous beautiful Lakes and Ponds are thus within easy 
reach, and the cars during the summer months have an enormous traffic 
over all lines. The rates are reasonable, and the humblest can get a 
chance to enjoy the seashore or country and escape the heat and dust of 
the city. The historical points of interest are numerous and add much 
interest to the trolley rides. The working men are fast building homes, 
on all lines, and thus enjoy the country after their day's work is over. 



C. E. DOLLOFF 

Die Block Planer and Heel 
Maul Manufacturer 

Circular, Jig and Band Sawing, Turning. Furniture 
Repairing and General Jobbing 

N. E. Telephone, 434-3 148 Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

THE O. A. MARTIN WOOD HEEL CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Wood Heels 

Of every description 
22-24 Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass. 



Soles, Taps and Stiffening 

Sell the Best Machine Die and Meat Blocks Made 
Warranted 

62 and 64 Phoenix Row, Haverhill, Mass. 

B. F. BICKUM & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Heels, Pasted Sqiaares and Flexible Soles 

Spring Heels a Specialty 
No. 29 Sander's Place, rear of Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

G. L. WILLIAMS Established .873 

Dealer in 



Manufacturer of Ladies' Boot and Shoe Keels 
connected by Telephone 61-63 Wingate Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

112 



"The Very 

Best You Ever ^ ^ ^» Half, or One or Two 
Used" for De- 
rangement of 
the Stomach 
and Bowels 




"Good 



Morning 
Call" 

iocand25c Tablets 

Will produce a pleasing effect 

They are the 

Gentlest Laxative Existent 



For Sale only by 
our Retail Contract Agents. 

Full particulars from 

"Good Morning Call" Co., Sole Makers, Haverhill, Mass. 

101 

113 




The Winton Motor 
Carriage Co. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



New England Department 
Corner Berkeley and Stanhope Streets 
Boston, Mass. 



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THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF SHOE 
GLUES IN THE WORLD 

RUSSIA CEMENT CO. 

GLOUCESTER, MASS. 

E. M. Langley W. J. Martin 

LANGLEY & MARTIN 

Leather Dealers 

73 Washington St., Haverhill, Mass. 

HERBERT E. GUTTERSON & CO. 

Manufacturers and Dealers in 

Sheep Skins 



69 South Street, Boston 



RICHARD CUNNINGHAM & CO. 
Sheepskin Tanners 



61 South Street, Boston 



116 




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Varney 

&TUDIO. 

69 MERRIMACK ST., 

verm ill, Mass. 



117 



T. F. WALDRON 



MANUFACTURER 
OF 



FLAT AND MOULDED COUNTERS 
SOLES AND TAPS 

54 Wingate Street, Haverhill, Mass. 



H. S. COLLINS 

INFANTS' SLIPPERS 
96 Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Thoroughly Rene ted 

Good Sample Room. 

EAGLE HOTEL 

Haverhill, Mass. 

Rate, $2.00 Per Day W. W. HEATH, Proprietor 



ABNER R. WADE 

WOOD HEELS 



MANUFACTURER 
OF 



26-28 Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass. 

C'/-^^ "Thick Rosaries of Scented Thorn" — 

QJ /!€• ^ jf Tennyson 

Florist 

Rosary Floral Company 
JAMES J. CASEY 

Formerly with Galvin 

52 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. 

Telephone, 2586-1 Main 31 , 1 f\ —7 r\ 11 

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